Clinic Operations
In a reminder workflow, the message is the intervention. What the confirmation carries immediately after booking, what the 48-hour and 24-hour messages each do differently, and why replying by text is what makes a cancellation useful.
Confirmation arrives within minutes of the call, by SMS or email, carrying date, time, location and pre-procedure instructions. Certainty at the moment of booking is what stops the appointment becoming vague in the patient's memory.
At 48 hours the ask is confirmation, because there is still time to refill the slot if the answer is no. At 24 hours the ask is rescheduling, because by then the realistic goal is moving the patient rather than keeping the date.
A patient who has to phone during office hours to cancel often simply does not. Letting them respond to the message is what converts a silent no-show into a slot your staff can still fill.
A message after a missed procedure invites the patient to reschedule or say what happened. Some no-shows are logistics rather than disengagement, and those are the ones worth asking about.
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Confirmation is sent within minutes of the call. It carries the appointment date, time, location, pre-procedure instructions and a link to reschedule if needed.
They are professional and procedure-specific. At 48 hours: 'Your epidural injection is scheduled for [date] at [time]. Please confirm you will attend.' At 24 hours: 'Reminder: Your procedure is tomorrow. Click here to reschedule if needed.'
Because they are asking for different things. The earlier one is a confirmation while a cancelled slot can still be refilled; the later one is a safety net for changes that only become clear the day before.
It is logged in real time and your staff is notified immediately, rather than waiting in an inbox. That notice is what gives the team the rest of the day to work the waitlist and refill the procedure slot.
Yes. Reminder content is customised by procedure, so a complex injection can carry its own pre-procedure instructions while a straightforward follow-up gets a shorter courtesy message.
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